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ONEEYEMAN
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 Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 3:58 am Post subject: Installing Gentoo on a laptop that have only Wireless card |
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Hi, ALL,
According to the Handbook I can connect to the WiFi using:
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iw dev wlp9s0 connect -w GentooNode key 0:some-password
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I tried following:
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t #iw dev wlp9s0 connect -w GentooNode key 0:my_passphrase
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t #iw dev wlp9s0 connect -w GentooNode key d:0:psk:my_passphrase
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I got following output:
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key must be [d:]index:data where
'd': means default (transmit) key
'index': is a single digit
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What am I doing wrong?
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eccerr0r
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 5:28 am Post subject: |
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I might be wrong with obsolete data, but in the past, I thought you need to use a supplicant wpa_supplicant to deal with WPA keys, and the key in the iw* tools were meant for WEP keys. If you're using WPA/WPA2 then you need to look into that instead?
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ONEEYEMAN
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
I just tried to connect with wpa_supplicant.
I copied the configuration from the working machine but I didn't get a connection.
Unfortunately the laptop doesn't have a network card, only WiFi one.
Any idea how to troubleshoot?
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C5ace
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spica
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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ONEEYEMAN,
this should work with the minimal iso if the card is recognized properly, and wifi connection is WPA2 and DHCP:
generate config
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....write password and press Enter Ctrl-C
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find interface name
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1: lo: ...
2: wlp9s0: ...
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make connection
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if you see the connection is established but ip address was not assigned you can try force dhcp manually
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archsinner
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:24 am Post subject: Seperate installation |
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| I also do what someone previously stated. I just install gentoo from another iso with wifi support most likely through NetworkManager and you can make sure to emerge NetworkManager when chrooted to haved wifi support with nmtui when booting up to your new system. You also could go the wpa_supplicant route and in my opinion make sure to emerge NetworkManager before unmounting in chroot to make it really easy on reboot to just nmtui, cheers! |
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